Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 7:1 (show verse)
The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 7:2 (show verse)
"Stand in the gate of Yahweh's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, 'Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh.
Jeremiah 7:3 (show verse)
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
Jeremiah 7:4 (show verse)
Don't trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, are these.
Jeremiah 7:5 (show verse)
For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
Jeremiah 7:6 (show verse)
if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
Jeremiah 7:7 (show verse)
then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forevermore.
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Jeremiah 7:8 (show verse)
Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit.
Jeremiah 7:9 (show verse)
Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » Jeremiah expostulates against the worship of
Oaths » The jews » Often guilty of falsely taking
national Sins » National worship rejected on account of
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Theft » Connected with murder
Theft » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Theft » Is an abomination
Oaths » The jews » Often guilty of falsely taking
national Sins » National worship rejected on account of
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Theft » Connected with murder
Theft » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Theft » Is an abomination
Jeremiah 7:10 (show verse)
and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that you may do all these abominations?
Jeremiah 7:11 (show verse)
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 7:12 (show verse)
But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
Jeremiah 7:13 (show verse)
Now, because you have done all these works, says Yahweh, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn't hear; and I called you, but you didn't answer:
Jeremiah 7:14 (show verse)
therefore will I do to the house which is called by my name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.
Jeremiah 7:15 (show verse)
I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
Ephraim » A tribe of israel » Envied by other tribes
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Threatened with reprobation
Israel » Kings of judah » Reprobation of
Intercessory prayer » Unavailing for the obstinately-impenitent
Reprobation » Israel-the jews, threatened with reprobation
Wicked people » Warned
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Threatened with reprobation
Israel » Kings of judah » Reprobation of
Intercessory prayer » Unavailing for the obstinately-impenitent
Reprobation » Israel-the jews, threatened with reprobation
Wicked people » Warned
Jeremiah 7:16 (show verse)
Therefore don't pray for this people, neither lift up a cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear you.
Jeremiah 7:17 (show verse)
Don't you see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah 7:18 (show verse)
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Ashtoreth » An idol of the philistines, zidonians, and phenicians. Probably identical with queen of heaven
Bread » How prepared » Kneaded
Bread » Was kneaded
Bread » Made by women
Bread » By idolaters
Dough » Kneaded
Drink offering » Idolatrous jews » Offered to the queen of heaven
Family » Religion of the
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Other customs of » Libations
Idolatry » Other customs of » Meat offerings
Missionaries » The zeal of idolaters should provoke to
Moon » Worshiped
Moon » Worshipped as the queen of heaven
Queen » The moon was called "the queen of heaven,"
Woman » Frequently » Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry
Women » Zealous » Promotion » Superstition » Idolatry
Bread » How prepared » Kneaded
Bread » Was kneaded
Bread » Made by women
Bread » By idolaters
Dough » Kneaded
Drink offering » Idolatrous jews » Offered to the queen of heaven
Family » Religion of the
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Other customs of » Libations
Idolatry » Other customs of » Meat offerings
Missionaries » The zeal of idolaters should provoke to
Moon » Worshiped
Moon » Worshipped as the queen of heaven
Queen » The moon was called "the queen of heaven,"
Woman » Frequently » Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry
Women » Zealous » Promotion » Superstition » Idolatry
Jeremiah 7:19 (show verse)
Do they provoke me to anger? says Yahweh; [do they] not [provoke] themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
Jeremiah 7:20 (show verse)
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, my anger and my wrath shall be poured out on this place, on man, and on animal, and on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
Jeremiah 7:21 (show verse)
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat.
Jeremiah 7:22 (show verse)
For I didn't speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Jeremiah 7:23 (show verse)
but this thing I commanded them, saying, Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
the Burnt offering » Obedience better than
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
Obedience » To God, the duty of » Better than sacrifice
Obedience to God » Promises to
Obedience to God » Includes » Obeying his voice
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Walking » With God » According to his commands
Wicked people » Warned
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
Obedience » To God, the duty of » Better than sacrifice
Obedience to God » Promises to
Obedience to God » Includes » Obeying his voice
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Walking » With God » According to his commands
Wicked people » Warned
Jeremiah 7:24 (show verse)
But they didn't listen nor turn their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
ears » Of the wicked » Not inclined to hear God
Pathway of sin » Walking in
Self-will » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will » Proceeds from » An evil heart
Self-will » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Self-will and stubbornness » Proceed from » An evil heart
Sinful » The whole imitation of worldly people and customs condemned » Walk
Walk » Characteristics of » Sinful
Wicked people » Warned
Pathway of sin » Walking in
Self-will » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will » Proceeds from » An evil heart
Self-will » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Self-will and stubbornness » Proceed from » An evil heart
Sinful » The whole imitation of worldly people and customs condemned » Walk
Walk » Characteristics of » Sinful
Wicked people » Warned
Jeremiah 7:25 (show verse)
Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
Jeremiah 7:26 (show verse)
yet they didn't listen to me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.
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Jeremiah 7:27 (show verse)
You shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you.
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Jeremiah 7:28 (show verse)
You shall tell them, This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of Yahweh their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Jeremiah 7:29 (show verse)
Cut off your hair, [Jerusalem], and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
Jeremiah 7:30 (show verse)
For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, says Yahweh: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
Jeremiah 7:31 (show verse)
They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I didn't command, nor did it come into my mind.
the Burnt offering » Of human victims execrated
High places » Condemned
High places » Signify a place of idolatrous worship
High places » Mentioned in scripture » Tophet
Hinnom » Children offered in sacrifice in
Molech » Children sacrificed to
Offerings » Human sacrifices » israelites
Places » High » Condemned
Tophet » Jewish children passed through the fire to the God molech in
High places » Condemned
High places » Signify a place of idolatrous worship
High places » Mentioned in scripture » Tophet
Hinnom » Children offered in sacrifice in
Molech » Children sacrificed to
Offerings » Human sacrifices » israelites
Places » High » Condemned
Tophet » Jewish children passed through the fire to the God molech in
Jeremiah 7:32 (show verse)
Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, until there be no place [to bury].
Jeremiah 7:33 (show verse)
The dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.
Jeremiah 7:34 (show verse)
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Joy of, departed
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Jerusalem » Of the destruction of
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
Marriage » The jews » Often punished by being debarred from
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Jerusalem » Of the destruction of
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
Marriage » The jews » Often punished by being debarred from